“In a eulogy of his idol Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln noted that Clay’s eloquence “did not consist, as many fine specimens of eloquence” do, of an “elegant arrangement of words and sentences; but rather of that deeply earnest and impassioned tone, and manner, which can proceed only from great sincerity and a thorough conviction, in the speaker of the justice and importance of his cause.” This, he concluded, is what enabled Clay truly to touch “the chords of human sympathy.” ”